Get to Know...
Name:- Harvey Rude
- Title:
- Professor and Director of the School of Special Education, and the Director of the Bresnahan-Halstead Center on Disabilities at UNC.
- College:
- Education and Behavioral Sciences
- Program:
- Special Education Administration
- Years Teaching:
- 37 (30 at UNC)
- Degrees:
- B.S.Ed. Minnesota State University at Moorhead, 1973, Special Education;
- M.A. University of Northern Colorado, 1974, Special Education;
- Special Education, Ed.D. University of Northern Colorado, 1982, Special Education.
- Areas of expertise/Research interests:
- Teacher Quality, Special Education Leadership/Management Effectiveness, Systems of Accountability, Teacher Leadership, Policy Studies, Consensus and Negotiation Skills, Professional Development Systems, Strategic Thinking and Planning, Native American Education, Systems Change and Adoption of Innovations.
- You might not know that I …
- have four children who are UNC students or recent program graduates.
- When I let my hair down, I can be found …
- running in the mountains.
- My welcome-to-teaching moment that I’ll never forget was …
- facilitating the strategic plans for the Navajo Nation Department of Education in the Navajo native language.
- I chose UNC because …
- of its national and international reputation for excellence.
- Confucius would say my teaching philosophy is …
- to your own self be true.
- If I’m not teaching a class, or in my office, you can find me on campus …
- Working with colleagues on a national project.
- I cannot live without …
- daily physical activity.
- If I hadn’t become a teacher, I would be a …
- diplomat.
- Yearbook quote (advice you like to give to students or best advice you’ve received):
- “Give what you have to students and be prepared to learn from them.”
- Links
- University spotlight
- Faculty Web page
- Professional activity